Brazil is in fashion for bald technicians – 03/12/2023 – PVC

Márcio Zanardi is the coach of São Bernardo, from São Paulo das Perdizes, Jorge Sampaoli’s assistant at Santos in 2019: “I don’t know why he was enchanted with me and opened up all of his methodology”.

Sampaoli is a great coach, vice Brazilian for Santos, third placed for Atlético-MG.

In Brazil, Sampaoli learned several words. He never knew how to say good morning or thank you. He spoke Portuguese with few people. Zanardi was one of them.

In football language, Sampaoli is great and Zanardi learned a lot. For example, building teams with three defenders, with a defensive variation for a line of five.

“The design of the game against Palmeiras is for Abel to have five men in attack”, I say to Zanardi. He replies: “I see the game exactly like that”.

The conversation took place on Wednesday (8).

Saturday’s match showed just that. Abel opened Tabata on the right and Dudu on the left, close to the sidelines, to try to open up São Bernardo’s defense.

The ABC team dropped Jéferson, Hélder, Romércio, Rafael Vaz and Arthur Henrique. He closed his wall, pulled counterattacks.

If Felipe Marques converted the chance he had in the first half, the game would be different. “I put the team together so Felipe would have the chance to use his diagonal move,” said Zanardi after the loss.

The strategy worked. The finish went wrong.

After Palmeiras’ victory, Abel Ferreira referred to Márcio Zanardi as a young and competent Brazilian coach. Many people referred to him as the bald coach of São Bernardo. Like Gilmar Dal Pozzo, Ituano’s hairless coach, who messed up Corinthians life this Sunday.

Interesting football in Brazil, which defines that the technicians here are outdated, then bets on young people, like Fábio Carille, later on foreigners, like Sá Pinto, Ramón Díaz, Rafael Dudamel, Turco Mohammed and Miguel Angel Ramírez. Now it can be on the bald guys: Márcio Zanardi and Gilmar Dal Pozzo.

Of course there is irony here about us journalists. Nothing better than laughing at ourselves. In the last four years, there have been more foreigners who failed than those who succeeded: Jesualdo, Ariel Holan, Sá Pinto, Ramón Díaz, Domenec Torrent, Paulo Sousa, Miguel Angel Ramírez…

The mistake is not theirs, but ours. With the same lack of time to train, the result will be a huge 0 x 0 between coaches from Brazil vs Rest of the World.

Zanardi is today’s example, because he made a competitive team, with a modern tactical system, used by Bayern, Milan and Chelsea, three of the four qualified for the quarterfinals of the Champions League – Benfica is the exception.

Zanardi is up to date, he worked with Sampaoli, learned his methodology. Vicente Feola was assistant to the Hungarian Bela Gutman a year before being Pelé’s coach in the 1958 world title.

Long live the exchange!

Palmeiras played well against São Bernardo, they were very careful with the defensive transition, because Abel knew Márcio Zanardi’s method. The best team in Brazil at that time took risks against the ABC team.

Márcio Zanardi is a potential great Brazilian coach. There are other bald guys, like Dal Pozzo, from Ituano, a former Tite player.

The problem is Brazil and its incredible ability to interrupt good ideas.

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ELIMINATED

The absence of Renato Augusto created a problem for Fernando Lázaro, because Paulinho needs the infiltration and no longer has the power to mark; nor organizing the team, as Renato Augusto does. Fernando Lázaro does a good job. Corinthians has not won a title since 2019.

FAIR PLAY

For the sake of sportsmanship, Palmeiras allowed São Paulo to train at Allianz Parque on Sunday. Adapting to the lawn is part of visiting São Paulo. Today will be game 53 with São Paulo in the old Parque Antarctica. São Paulo already knows the terrain on which it will try to beat the good team of Água Santa.

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